Belgian authorities on Thursday announced the arrest of a 10th person in connection with last month’s bloodbath in Paris and said six others had been detained and questioned over a suspected plot to stage new attacks in Brussels during the holidays.
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APPHOTO GVW102: People celebrate the New Year in the historic center in Brussels Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
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In a press release, the Belgian Federal Prosecutor’s Workplace stated no weapons or explosives have been present in Wednesday.’s search, still in that “about 10 cellphones” have been seized & are being examined.
The country’s Prime Minister Charles Michel said the decision was taken “given information we have received”.
Two men were arrested earlier this week in connection with the suspected holiday plot, both of them members of a motorcycle club.
The French capital has also cancelled its main New Year fireworks display but the traditional gathering on the Champs-Elysees will take place, amid tight security.
Brahim’s brother, Salah Abdeslam, a key suspect in the attacks on 13 November, had fled to Belgium afterwards and remains on the run.
In Russia, officials said the closure of Red Square, usually the focal point of celebrations, was to allow the filming of a New Year concert.
Fireworks were cancelled in Brussels and Paris as November’s terror attacks cast a pall, but Dubai put on a spectacular show as it refused to let the hotel blaze, which injured 16 people, disrupt celebrations. Parisian Myriam Oukik said “we still have this fear but we need to continue to live”.
In Sydney, more than one million people are expected to gather in Sydney Harbour to watch the firework display.
Lutchman – who lives in Rochester, New York – was in contact with an individual who claimed to be an IS member in Syria and who encouraged him to carry out an attack to prove his mettle, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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“Our plans are purely precautionary and not as a result of any specific intelligence”, said Superintendent Jo Edwards, spokeswoman for Scotland Yard.
